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The Moon on Sunday, December 27, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on December 27, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 27 December 2020401,007 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 27, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.3% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
401,007 km249,174 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 2020 is on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 03:28 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 16:17 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 21, 202023:41
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, December 30, 202003:28

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Sunday, December 27, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 14, 2020 to the new moon of January 13, 2021, a cycle of 29.53 days.